[PATCH] kexec:arm: support zImage with appended device tree
Hoeun Ryu
hoeun.ryu at gmail.com
Mon Jun 26 19:13:17 PDT 2017
On Mon, 2017-06-26 at 10:52 +0800, Dave Young wrote:
> On 06/23/17 at 05:55pm, Hoeun Ryu wrote:
> >
> > Arm linux supports zImage with appended dtb
> > (CONFIG_ARM_APPENDED_DTB) and
> > the concatenated image is generated like `cat zImage dtb >
> > zImage_w_dtb`.
> >
> > This patch is to support the concatednated zImage. This changes the
> > priority of source of dtb file.
> >
> > 1. --dtb dtb_file
> > 2. zImage_w_dtb <= newly added
> > 3. /sys/firmware/fdt
> > 4. /proc/device-tree
> The original default fdt is /sys/firmware/fdt, after your changes it
> becomes zImage attached dtb, presumably one knows his zImage appended
> a
> dtb it is fine, but if one does not notice it, it changes the
> behavior
> he expects.
>
> How about add a new option for zImage_dtb, like --zImage-dtb
>
It sounds good to me too.
I think I can accept your suggestion in the next version if the others
agree.
Thank you for the review.
> >
> >
> > Users don't need to specify dtb file in the command line and don't
> > have to
> > have /sys/firmware/fdt or /proc/device-tree if dtb is available in
> > zImage.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Hoeun Ryu <hoeun.ryu at gmail.com>
> > ---
> > kexec/arch/arm/kexec-arm.h | 1 +
> > kexec/arch/arm/kexec-zImage-arm.c | 47
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
> > 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/kexec/arch/arm/kexec-arm.h b/kexec/arch/arm/kexec-
> > arm.h
> > index a74cce2..94695b7 100644
> > --- a/kexec/arch/arm/kexec-arm.h
> > +++ b/kexec/arch/arm/kexec-arm.h
> > @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
> > #include <sys/types.h>
> >
> > #define SYSFS_FDT "/sys/firmware/fdt"
> > +#define APPENDED_FDT ((char *)-1) /* it doesn't mean to be opened.
> > */
> > #define BOOT_BLOCK_VERSION 17
> > #define BOOT_BLOCK_LAST_COMP_VERSION 16
> >
> > diff --git a/kexec/arch/arm/kexec-zImage-arm.c
> > b/kexec/arch/arm/kexec-zImage-arm.c
> > index 7f02b93..59f0003 100644
> > --- a/kexec/arch/arm/kexec-zImage-arm.c
> > +++ b/kexec/arch/arm/kexec-zImage-arm.c
> > @@ -390,6 +390,7 @@ int zImage_arm_load(int argc, char **argv,
> > const char *buf, off_t len,
> > initrd_size = 0;
> > use_atags = 0;
> > dtb_file = NULL;
> > + dtb_buf = NULL;
> > while((opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, short_options,
> > options, 0)) != -1) {
> > switch(opt) {
> > default:
> > @@ -424,14 +425,6 @@ int zImage_arm_load(int argc, char **argv,
> > const char *buf, off_t len,
> > return -1;
> > }
> >
> > - if (!use_atags && !dtb_file) {
> > - int f;
> > -
> > - f = have_sysfs_fdt();
> > - if (f)
> > - dtb_file = SYSFS_FDT;
> > - }
> > -
> > if (command_line) {
> > command_line_len = strlen(command_line) + 1;
> > if (command_line_len > COMMAND_LINE_SIZE)
> > @@ -440,9 +433,6 @@ int zImage_arm_load(int argc, char **argv,
> > const char *buf, off_t len,
> > if (ramdisk)
> > ramdisk_buf = slurp_file(ramdisk, &initrd_size);
> >
> > - if (dtb_file)
> > - dtb_buf = slurp_file(dtb_file, &dtb_length);
> > -
> > if (len > 0x34) {
> > const struct zimage_header *hdr;
> > off_t size;
> > @@ -459,6 +449,25 @@ int zImage_arm_load(int argc, char **argv,
> > const char *buf, off_t len,
> > (unsigned long long)size,
> > (unsigned long long)len);
> >
> > + /* check if zImage has an appended dtb */
> > + if (!dtb_file) {
> > + if (fdt_check_header(buf + size)
> > == 0) {
> > + /*
> > + * dtb_file won't be
> > opened. It's set
> > + * just to pass NULL
> > checking.
> > + */
> > + dtb_file = APPENDED_FDT;
> > + dtb_length =
> > fdt_totalsize(buf + size);
> > + dtb_buf =
> > xmalloc(dtb_length);
> > + memcpy(dtb_buf, buf+size,
> > dtb_length);
> > +
> > + dbgprintf("found appended
> > dtb, size 0x%llx\n",
> > + (unsigned long
> > long)dtb_length);
> > +
> > +
> > + }
> > + }
> > +
> > if (size > len) {
> > fprintf(stderr,
> > "zImage is truncated -
> > file 0x%llx vs header 0x%llx\n",
> > @@ -575,6 +584,22 @@ int zImage_arm_load(int argc, char **argv,
> > const char *buf, off_t len,
> > initrd_base = kernel_base + _ALIGN(len * 5,
> > getpagesize());
> > }
> >
> > + if (!use_atags && !dtb_file) {
> > + int f;
> > +
> > + f = have_sysfs_fdt();
> > + if (f)
> > + dtb_file = SYSFS_FDT;
> > + }
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * dtb_buf can be allocated when checking zImage_with_dtb.
> > + * dtb_buf won't be allocated in the logic if dtb_file is
> > handed over
> > + * in argv[].
> > + */
> > + if (dtb_file && !dtb_buf)
> > + dtb_buf = slurp_file(dtb_file, &dtb_length);
> > +
> > if (use_atags) {
> > /*
> > * use ATAGs from /proc/atags
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